SMUT AND ME

I am a middle aged fella who has watched my share of porn-mostly gay stuff, but straight stuff too.
I started this blog to talk about my experiences and observations as a consumer of adult material
and to explore why it so fascinates me.

My first knowledge of the world of porn was upstairs at Grandma's house. I used to sit with my Gram when my Aunt went out of town. When I was sleeping upstairs, I found a bunch of old books.( Don't get your hopes up, it was nothing too raunchy.) One of them was Earl Wilson's 1974 book Show Business Laid Bare. One of the chapters I remember was on the new wave of Porno Chic. It had stuff about Linda Lovelace, Marilyn Chambers and some other stuff. I was fascinated by this and become interested in seeing Deep Throat and Green Door, Etc.

Up in the same room with the books I found hidden in a shelf an early issue of Playgirl magazine. I imagine my Aunt had bought this as many women did when the magazine first started publishing. They had seen husbands, dads, & brothers with Playboys so they figured they'd give it a whirl. Well, as you all know,  that didn't go too great. Apart from gag gifts at Bacherlorette parties and teen girls daring each other to buy a copy, mostly gay men bought Playgirl. Well, being this was the mid-eighties, I remember some of the guys were a little ..er.. sideburnish for my young queer taste. But a couple turned me on and this was jerk off material every time I had to sit with Gran. Needless to say it got pretty worn, so I finally got rid of it. I doubt my Aunt noticed since she obviously had it stored so long as it had molded into a bent up shape that was hard to press out.

Around this time, I found Hustler under my Dad's bed. There had sometimes been Playboy and even a Penthouse in the past, but this was different. It even showed guys dicks in some of the pictorials.
I remember spreads and interviews with Barbara Dare and Taija Rae which interested me even though it was pussy. Also the xxx video reviews were turn ons and I wished I could see the flicks myself.
I also saw the Chester The Molester cartoons which was pretty disturbing I thought. The adds in the back for 1-900 numbers and porn videos were pretty great too. I can remember Candy Samples standing out. (no pun intended) Quite a chick.

Now I will discuss later that years after my exploring Dad's porn, Dad came out of the closet. That's another story I will tell later. I never saw gay smut under the bed, I think Dad repressed his homoerotic feelings as many men of his generation did. 

At any rate,these were my early close encounters with the smut kind which started me off on a road of porn fascination. Stay tuned for more.
-Louwis